Sorry Spuds Again

I understand potatoes need high potash feed. Would tomato feed do? When should start and how often should I feed?

 

I've never bothered ... maybe that is wrong though!

Once they get to marble size they need a very thorough watering, which will improve yield significantly (and I have read it reduces scab)

Growmore at planting time of course, and maybe some extra nitrogen during growing phase for Maincrops (too late now I expect)

 

I only planted a couple of weeks ago and didn't add growmore to the compost:dh: I used grow bag compost. Will I feed them with tomorite now and then later when they have all put on more growth. They are up about an inch

 

Worth feeding them with a general fertilizer for now (or even something higher in Nitrogen), and then a Tomato fertilizer when they are a month from being ready.

 

Thank you for your patience JWK and Kristen. I'll give some general fertiliser today and then start the tomorite later.
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So, my potatos are at the 4" height now. Should i be general fertilisering them already? I'm just about to earth up for first time. Seems really weird covering a plant with dirt btw!

 

The best tattie crop I ever grew was fed nothing but horse manure. In fact they grew in little other than horse manure, as we needed the space that was occupied by the manure heap but had nowhere else to put it.

 

I have heard people say that before. Should I rush off and buy a pony:rotfl:

 

That would be one solution. Another might be to buy a sack of farmyard manure from the local garden centre, or better still, if you know any local farms, riding schools etc that have an excess of the stuff that they just want rid of, go and have a word.

 

"Should i be general fertilisering them already? I'm just about to earth up for first time."

Yup, Growmore or somesuch should be just the ticket at that stage.

 

I collect cow manure from the field across the road every autumn after the residents vacate. I bag it and use it to layer the compost heap. The farmers are quite used to me with my spade and wheelbarrow:hehe: